Livelink upgrade pain
I am doing a Livelink upgrade but the client wants me to script the addition of the Livelink MAPI addin for Outlook to automatically configure itself for Outlook. I did a setup capture and the registry entries involved with this are dynamically assigned. Does anybody know of a method to add a non-pst data file to Outlook via VBScript?
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Posted by:
jimehta
17 years ago
Kkaminsk,
Can you try this? see if it works....
Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.RegWrite "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Exchange\Client\Extensions\Outlook Setup Extension","4.0;Outxxx.dll;7;000000000000000;0000000000;OutXXX", "REG_SZ"
~Cheers
Jimit
Can you try this? see if it works....
Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.RegWrite "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Exchange\Client\Extensions\Outlook Setup Extension","4.0;Outxxx.dll;7;000000000000000;0000000000;OutXXX", "REG_SZ"
~Cheers
Jimit
Posted by:
kkaminsk
17 years ago
I havent had much luck with that. It looks like the addin is configured as an Outlook data file. I looked in the Outlook VBA reference but it looks like the objects there are meant for normal things like PST files. Another guy suggested that I try creating a PRF file. I'll see if I can find something that works.
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17 years ago
Hi Kkaminsk,
The customer I work for, has been dealing with the same issue. Eventually I have solved this by using an autohotkey script which generates a number of keystrokes (simulation of
what the user should do in order to accomplish a few last steps within MS-Outlook. I guess it takes more time if you try to develop a VB script which does the trick for you.
Besides that, if you really want to do it all programmatically, you also need to verify if a user already has a mail folder within Livelink (presumably his personal workspace), therefore will need to gain access to Livelink from within your VB script. Just see what Autohotkey can do for you.
Regards,
Frank![]()
The Netherlands
The customer I work for, has been dealing with the same issue. Eventually I have solved this by using an autohotkey script which generates a number of keystrokes (simulation of
what the user should do in order to accomplish a few last steps within MS-Outlook. I guess it takes more time if you try to develop a VB script which does the trick for you.
Besides that, if you really want to do it all programmatically, you also need to verify if a user already has a mail folder within Livelink (presumably his personal workspace), therefore will need to gain access to Livelink from within your VB script. Just see what Autohotkey can do for you.
Regards,
Frank
The Netherlands
Posted by:
kkaminsk
17 years ago
I am trying to avoid a solution like that but it might be necessary.
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